Il 08/06/19 00:29, Selva Nair ha scritto: > On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 4:54 PM David Sommerseth > <open...@sf.lists.topphemmelig.net> wrote: >> >> On 07/06/2019 19:19, Selva Nair wrote: >> [...snip...] >>> They don't seem to have a link to download the patched source (have to >>> make a request by email -- no idea whether a paid license is also >>> required), so I haven't looked for any other changes in the sources. >>> Possibly you could ask for the source code and do a diff. >> >> If their driver is based on tap-windows6, that driver is GPLv2 - so a paid >> license should not be a requirement to get the sources they use for their >> driver. They don't have to provide the diff, they can wrap it all into a >> "package" of a format _they_ find convenient; but with the expectation you >> can >> unpack it in the end. > > I was just showing my irritation at not making the patched sources "readily" > available. Both their driver and OpenVPN.exe are based on GPLv2 sources > and they do have a license link with an email address to contact for > sources subject to GPL.
I've requested sources from the in the past. They did use to have a web page with tarballs, but maybe that was just created on-demand as hinted by this post: https://www.sparklabs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2058 > > Technically they could even ask for a postal address and a nominal fee for a > CD > or DVD to be sent by snail mail, but in this day and age I expect a url in > plain > sight where anyone can download the source or patches instead of having to > send an email requesting for it. > -- Samuli Seppänen Community Manager OpenVPN Technologies, Inc irc freenode net: mattock _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
